Gun History

A LITTLE GUN HISTORY

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control.

From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. ------------------------------In 1911, Turkey established gun control.

From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. ------------------------------Germany established gun control in 1938.

From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated. ------------------------------China established gun control in 1935.

From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. ------------------------------Guatemala established gun control in 1964.

From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.------------------------------ Uganda established gun control in 1970.

From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. ------------------------------Cambodia established gun control in 1956.

From 1975 to 1977, one million educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. -----------------------------Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million. ------------------------------It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender (involuntary buy back) 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 mill! ion <>dollars.



The first year results are now in:


Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent.
Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent.
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.
There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY.

Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.



You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.



Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.



Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!



The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.



With guns, we are 'citizens'.

Without them, we are 'subjects'.



During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!



If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message to all of your friends.



People ask me why I carry a 45 caliber. My answer . .

'Because they don't make a 46 calibers!

Pot a drinking alternative

Students at two Colorado college campuses rocked by alcohol-related deaths last year are pressing school officials to lighten up on marijuana users.
Claiming that marijuana is safer then alcohol, activist at the University of Colorado in Boulder and Colorado State University, want sanctions for the use and possession of marijuana to be no greater then those imposed for underage drinking.
Students signed petitions last week to have the measure put on the ballots during student elections next month. The initiatives also ask administrators to conduct a study to determine the effect of making marijuana use non-punishable for student older then 18.
The vote will be non-binding at CU and CSU.
But if the measures pass, they will send a message that students think a few puffs from a joint are a lot safer then a several mugs of beer, said Mason Tvert, executive director for SAFER (Safer Alternatives for Enjoyable Recreation).
“If a fraternity told a freshman to go into the woods and smoke a pound of pot, he is not going to die from that,” said Tvert, a recent University of Virginia graduate. “He’ll fall asleep before that happens.”
Tvert claims that too much police time and money are spent on marijuana enforcement, while it is alcohol that claims lives. At least 1,400 college student deaths each year are linked to alcohol, according to the National Institute of Health.
But, Tvert said, there has never been a reported case of a student dying from a marijuana overdose.
“Our stance is that alcohol is more acceptable in our society and that is just bad public policy,” he said.
Marijuana is an illegal substance, use of which can draw fines and jail time. Students caught with pot can be suspended from school.
Both CU and CSU had a student die last year from alcohol poisoning. Their deaths led to several changes aimed at curtailing alcohol abuse and to proposals in the Colorado legislature to tighten penalties for underage drinking
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The setting in which the Second Amendment was proposed and adopted demonstrates that the right to bear arms is a collective one, existing only in the collective population of each state for the purpose of maintaining aneffective state militia.
The ACLU agrees with the Supreme Court's long-standing interpretation of the Second Amendment that the individual's right to bear arms applies only to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia. Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected. Therefore, there is no constitutional impediment to the regulation of firearms.
Nor does the ACLU believe that there is a significant civil liberties value apart from the Second Amendment in an individual right to own or use firearms. Interests of privacy and self-expression may be involved in any individual's choice of activities or possessions, but these interests are attenuated where the activity, or the object sought to be possessed, is inherently dangerous to others. With respect to firearms, the ACLU believes that this quality of dangerousness justifies legal regulation which substantially restricts the individual's interest in freedom of choice.

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